Question

Autolysis is a process in which damaged or dying cells digest them self’s via reactions catalyzed by their own digestive enzymes due to rupture of a specific organelle. Which organelle do you think is involved in autolysis?

Answer 1

Answer: Lysosome

The organelle that undergoes with autolysis is the lysosome. They are specialized vesicle that contain different digestive enzymes that involved with various cell processes such as breaking down excess cell parts that beyond repair, process damaged or dying cells and recycle worn out cell parts.

Moreover, lysosomes maybe used to destroy invading bacteria and viruses by digesting it or undergo a self-destruct mechanism.